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This module is designed to further enhance your academic research skills. You will consider different forms of primary research and the ways in which data can be collected and analysed. You will explore the discipline of academic writing and further develop an awareness of secondary research sources and literature searching techniques. Ethical considerations such as confidentiality, data protection and unfair means will be taken into account.

The module provides students with an opportunity to undertake a substantial and independent piece of research. It allows students to synthesise their academic knowledge acquired from the taught MSc modules and to produce a document that demonstrates evaluative and critical discussion of an issue relevant to the degree topic. The dissertation module also aims to help students to develop their abilities in identifying a problem, establishing its significance, formulating a hypothesis or proposition, designing means of testing hypotheses, and evaluating the results.

The module provides students with an opportunity to undertake a substantial and independent piece of research. It allows students to synthesise their academic knowledge acquired from the taught MSc modules and to produce a document that demonstrates evaluative and critical discussion of an issue relevant to the degree topic. The dissertation module also aims to help students to develop their abilities in identifying a problem, establishing its significance, formulating a hypothesis or proposition, designing means of testing hypotheses, and evaluating the results.